I begin with love, hoping to end there. Recently, for an (alleged) society interview, I was asked the question “What is important to you?” With a combination of a desire to be truthful and a compulsion to be interesting, I said that language was very important to me. I don’t think they loved this answer….
a guest column by Tyler Watts ’25 creative director How have I been living? Frankly I don’t know. I don’t live in routines, but I have rituals that shift around temporally. Regardless of when they occur: they always get done. My habituals are: eat-sleep-read-write-phone-coffee-singanddance-halfearnestprayer-burnincense-callfamily-seefriendsandacquaintances-plustimetimealone-lone-lone. How do I live my life? Ask the sun how it…
a bi-weekly column by michelle ampofo ’25 managing editor ✶✶✶ an iron pillar. I KNOW MORE NOW THAN I’VE EVER KNOWN. That’s all. That’s the intro. ✶✶✶ J.k. because I feel like ending the year that way would be super anti-climactic. But I still don’t want to come up with something new to write… So…
a bi-weekly column by michelle ampofo ‘25 managing editor ✶✶✶ ALL THINGS MUST GO This column is mostly recommendations this week because I’ve abandoned thought, though not consideration. But first, a word. We’re so close to the end of the school year. SO close. But I feel increasingly contained and uninspired. So I want to…
a bi-weekly column by michelle ampofo ’25 managing editor ✶✶✶ Alchemy Although something tells me I might be mistaken, I had the strangest encounter yesterday. I was on a train. I was returning to New Haven from elsewhere, thinking late thoughts. While pondering these thoughts, an old man of around 80 came and sat next…